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It seems that the Democrats are attempting to bring back the Fairness Doctrine that the FCC gave up on in 1985. On the surface this would seem fine. Everyone wants to be "fair". But the reasoning, or lack thereof, behind this resurgence of the Doctrine isn't based on fairness. It's based upon the liberals failure to find a marketplace for liberal talk radio. Air America was a complete and utter failure and so to be "fair" the Dems figures that they can legislate "fairness" by forcing radio stations that feature conservative talk radio to devote equal time to liberal talk radio. The problem is that no one wanted to listen to liberal talk radio. Legislation like this isn't going to get listeners, it's going to force radio (and other means of electronic communications) to cut back on conservative talk simply to avoid having to deal with the government.

So ultimately the "Fairness" Doctrine becomes the "Shut down conservative talk radio" doctrine.

A second example of why earmarks won't die is found in recent articles in the New York Times and the Naples Daily News concerning the odd tale of an Alaska congressman in the land of the palm trees. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, chaired the House Transportation Committee until Democrats took charge in January. His chairmanship made him a major dispenser of earmarks. He became infamous a couple of years ago by earmarking more than $200 million for a bridge to an Alaskan island with 80 residents.

In 2005, Mr. Young went to Florida for a fundraiser organized by a local developer. It apparently raised $40,000 for Mr. Young's reelection campaign, according to The Times. A $10 million earmark later materialized on an appropriations bill last year to help connect a Florida road to Interstate 75. The friendly local real estate developer just happened to own land along the road, and its value will rise with the road connection.

Gosh what a coincidence. Or is Mr. Young just another lying, cheating, THIEF??

Let's help Tina get her rifle! A local girl here, age 10, wants a new rifle. Dad, an avid shooter, wants to help her get the gun, but also wants to teach her about Capitalism. She came up with her design for a sandbag rest and Dad helps make them. She's wanting an Encore in .204. Guys, she's the cutest girl and is an avid shooter in her own right. The rest is great. I was given an example and I am impressed. It's better than the regular commercial made rests that I wont name. They are using a walnut shell medium as fill... similar to what reloaders use to polish brass, but it actually comes from the oil field industry for use of absorbing industrial fluids etc. The bags have a good heft to them, but are not heavy. They have a good height to them... when I'm shooting off a rest, this is what I'm using now. Pricing is about 10 bucks plus shipping.

I understand that this is one of the best sandbag rests made. Order one for yourself and a friend.

This is how Olbermann started that segment:
“…we remind you again that coincidences can happen, that the logical fallacy insists that just because event A occurs and then event B occurs, that does not automatically mean that event A caused event B. But neither does it say the opposite.”

A internet search shows that there are registered sex offenders in Keith Olbermann's area. Isn't it possible therefore that Olbermann is one of these sex offenders?

Last December, victorious congressional Democrats pledged a one-year moratorium on all earmarks. New appropriations chairmen Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., and Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., issued a joint statement promising voters “there will be no congressional earmarks” until 2008 — and only after tough reforms were enacted.

But if you watch what they do instead of listen to what they say, it’s abundantly clear that just six months later, the earmark moratorium is already over. . . .

It seems clear to me that what the Dems meant by 'earmark reform' is 'now we get to spend money instead of the Republicans'.

At what point will the public get fed up with the blatant lying by the members of Congress? For every true reformer there seems to be 50 that simply want their piece of the pig. How come 'NO earmarks until 2008' has the unwritten 'except for the ones that we want'??

Sen Byrd and Rep Obey are liars. This cannot not be disputed in any way. I think that perhaps a new law against lying to the public by Congress is in order.